Hair waving device



Nov. 21, 1939. 's. B. BELIAEFF HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed Dec. '7, 1937 Patented Nov. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES T it F F E 4 Claims.

This invention relates to hair waving devices. More particularly, my invention relates to the type of hair waving device used for forming marcel waves, or other similar waves.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a hair waving device of the character described having improved means for gathering and gripping a quantity of hair for waving the same.

Another object of my invention is to provide a hair waving device of the character described, which shall comprise relatively few and simple parts, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, which shall be easy to assemble, which shall be easily attached and withdrawn and which shall be highly efficient for the purposes set forth.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplifled in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of this invention,

Fig. l is a side elevational view of a womans head showing a hair waving device embodying my invention, applied to the hair;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view, partly sectional, of a hair waving device constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the Fig. 2 form of device but illustrating a modified form of construction for the tongue member;

. Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged end view of my improved hair waving device;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line '!'i of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig. '7 illustrating my improved hair waving device off the head.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, there is disclosed a hair waving device constructed in accordance with my invention and comprising a pair of pivotally interconnected clamping jaws Hi and I! designed to grip a quantity of hair therebetween in the manner soon to be described.

Each of the jaws I and II is arcuate shaped, as shown, and is provided with channeled portions lila, lflb and Ha, Ilb, respectively, parallel to and adjacent the longitudinal edges thereof. These channels serve to add rigidity to the jaws it and II.

The jaws Ill and l l are also provided with finger grip portions i l and I5, respectively, integral-- therewith to facilitate the separation of the said jaws which are normally urged into contact with each other by means of a suitable spring l6.

The jaws it and H are so designed that when normally in contact with each other, the back 10 walls of the channels iflb and Ill), and the back Walls of the channels Ella and i in will abut each other to form an arcuate shaped passageway or chamber 23 between the said jaws Ill and II.. Also the rounded back walls of the channels Illa and i la present a smooth surface for gripping the hair, and thus prevent damage thereto.

In the chamber 29 there is freely housed a pivotally mounted arcuate shaped tongue member 2|, adapted when the jaws it? and H are separated, against the action of the spring to be pivotally moved out of said chamber 20 to a position such as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

In operation the tongue 2| is slidably moved underneath the hair, adjacent the scalp to gather a quantity of hair to be waved. The jaws l0 and i l are then separated to allow the tongue 2| and. the loop of hair thereon to be received therebetween and gripped, as clearly shown in Fig. 7 of the drawing. 30

To prevent the tongue 21 from being pivotally moved out of its position between the jaws I0 and H, I provide on each of the jaws, adjacent the end, opposite to the end where the tongue 2| is pivoted, inwardly extending projections 25 and 26, respectively, which are designed to overlap each other even when the jaws it and II are separated, due to the loop of hair gripped therebetween. This is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

It is thus seen that the tongue 2!, being longer than the jaws l0 and l i, will have a portion thereof projecting beyond said jaws and due to the projections 25 and 23 will be held captive between the jaws l0 and H. The projections 25 and 25 may be formed in any suitable manner, such as, for example, by being struck out from the walls of the jaws l0 and i has shown, and so arranged that the apertures 2'5 formed by striking out the walls will receive therein the point of. the opposing projections 25 and 26, when the jaws I0 and II are in normally closed position as in Fig. 6 of the drawing.

The walls of the jaws it and it may be pro- 55 vided with aligned spaced apertures 30 for ventilating purposes.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form of my invention in which the tongue 35, instead of being mounted on a fixed pivot, as the tongue 2!, is provided with a slot 36 in which the pivot 3'! is slidably movable. By this construction the tongue may be shifted axially for purposes of adjustment after a loop of hair is positioned thereon. This shifting action enables the hair to be waved in three directions, thus greatly enhancing the appearance of the waved hair. The tongue 35 is also provided on the upper edge thereof with a series of scallops or serrations 40, so that when the tongue 35 is shifted, the loop of hair will also move with it.

As clearly shown in Fig. 5, the tongue 35 is mounted on one of the jaws, such for example as the jaw l 0, and is angularly bent, as shown, in order that the tongue 35 will lie substantially in the center of the chamber 20. The tongue 2i is similarly mounted.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a de-- vice in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpretedas illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a hair waving clamp of the character described, a pair of spring pressed pivotally int-erconnected hair clamping jaws, portions of said jaws being spaced apart when said device is in closed position to provide a passageway therebetween, and a tongue member pivotally mounted at one end thereof to one of said jaws and adapted to be received in said passageway, said tongue member being spaced from said jaws when said clamp is in closed position to provide a free hair receiving space surrounding said tongue member whereby that portion of the hair disposed in said hair receiving space and looped over the top of the tongue will not be unduly compressed and will have an unbroken and natural appearing peripheral contour.

2. In a hair waving clamp of the character described, a pair of spring pressed pivotally interconnected arcuate hair clamping jaws, portions of said jaws being normally spaced apart in parallel relationship when said clamp is in closed position to provide a passageway between said jaws, and an arcuate tongue member pivotally mounted at one end thereof to one of said jaws and freely received in said passageway to provide a free hair receiving space surrounding said tongue member when said clamp is in closed position whereby that portion of the hair disposed in said hair receiving space and looped over the top of the tongue will not be unduly compressed and will have an unbroken and natural appearing peripheral contour.

3. In a hair waving clamp of the character described, a pair of spring pressed pivotally interconnected hair clamping jaws, portions of said jaws being spaced apart when said clamp is in closed position to provide a passageway between said jaws, and a tongue member pivotally mounted at one end thereof to one of said jaws and freely received in said passageway to provide a free hair receiving space surrounding said tongue member when said clamp is in closed position whereby that portion ofthe hair disposed in said hair receiving space and looped over the top of the tongue will not be unduly compressed and will have an unbroken and natural appearing peripheral contour, means for mounting said tongue member for shifting along its longitudinal axis, said tongue member being provided with a series of scallops or serrations on the upper edge thereof to carry the hair looped thereover during shifting movement of said tongue.

4. In a hair waving clamp of the character described, a pair of spring pressed pivotally interconnected hair clamping jaws, said jaws being substantially of U-shaped cross-sectional contour and disposed in opposed relationship to pro vide a passageway between the said jaws when the clamp is in closed position, and a tongue member pivotally supported at one end thereof on one of said jaws and adapted to be disposed within said passageway substantially centrally thereof and being spaced from said jaws to provide a free hair receiving space surrounding said tongue member when the clamp is in closed position whereby that portion of the hair disposed in said hair receiving space and looped over the top of the tongue will not be unduly compressed and will have an unbroken and natural appearing peripheral contour.

STEPHEN B. BELIAEFF. 

